Energy-Efficiency Measures at the Mexican Maquiladoras

• Authors: Munguia Nora , Valazquez Luis , Esquer Javier E , Ojeda Sara , Ellenbecker Michael , Will Markus , Delakowitz Bernd

Title variants

PL

Narzędzia na rzecz poprawy efektywności energetycznej w meksykańskich maquiladoras

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The energy consumption worldwide by the industrial sector is expected to keep increasing during the coming years; generating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as unwanted byproducts. For that reason, industrial facilities must take concrete initiatives in order to decouple their production growth from their CO2 emission generation in order to decrease their contributions to global warming. Concerned that this is a world-wide problem, Mexican maquiladoras have started several energy-efficiency initiatives. The aim of this article is to present significant results of a descriptive and analytical study that has been conducted into three maquiladoras located at northwestern Mexico of the first two stages of the Cleaner Production - Energy Efficiency program proposed by the United Nations Environment Programme. Findings reveal that, although electrical devices seem work efficiently, it is still possible to address energy waste. Additionally, attaching the energy-efficiency approach to the cleaner production framework was found a complicated task because, unlike emissions and toxic residues, energy inefficiencies are not easily visible, verifiable, or measurable.

Keywords

EN

energy efficiency; energy audits; Mexico; maquiladoras; climate change

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Central and Eastern European Journal of Management and Economics (CEEJME)
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 217-228

Dates

online

2015-09-30

Contributors

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Munguia Nora

• University of Sonora

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Valazquez Luis

• University of Sonora

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Esquer Javier E

• University of Sonora

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Ojeda Sara

• University of Sonora

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Ellenbecker Michael

• University of Massachusett

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Will Markus

• University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz

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Delakowitz Bernd

• University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz

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217-228